Live Music Archive
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing
Audio Item Preview
- Usage
- CC0 1.0 Universal
LibriVox recording of Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing, by Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931). Read by Ruth Golding.
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett's writing stands the test of time, though in the case of some of the essays in this eclectic collection, it is well to remember that they were written at the time of the First World War and the fight for women's suffrage. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
Download M4B(54mb)
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett's writing stands the test of time, though in the case of some of the essays in this eclectic collection, it is well to remember that they were written at the time of the First World War and the fight for women's suffrage. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
Download M4B(54mb)
Reviews
Reviewer:
Timothy Ferguson
-
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
October 25, 2012
Subject: A piece which adheres slightly too strongly to its time
Subject: A piece which adheres slightly too strongly to its time
Arnold Bennett was an early writer on various subjects, best known now perhaps for stingingly public arguments with Virginia Woolf. In this book, he considers how to find work which is satisfying. His book is, in part, written to women doing war work, and seems to be an expression of his frustration about their complaints that the work is not personally rewarding. He’s an early exponent of the idea of psychological reframing. Not as good as some of his other books, and a little dated, but an interesting look at the mindset of war workers.
It is very well read, though.
It is very well read, though.
72,406 Views
15 Favorites
IN COLLECTIONS
The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
Audio Books & Poetry 
Uploaded by librivoxbooks on
